Modeling and simulating optical MEM switches

Author

Kurzweg, Timothy P. ; Levitan, Steven P. ; Martinez, Jose A. ; Marchand, Philippe J. ; Chiarulli, Donald M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci.., Pittsburgh Univ., PA, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

47

Lastpage

48

Abstract

This paper presents the modeling and simulation of a 2×2 optical MEM switch using our system-level, mixed-technology CAD tool, Chatoyant. Simulations include operation in both the “cross” and “bar” states and the mechanical tolerancing of the system

Keywords

electrostatic actuators; micro-optics; mirrors; modelling; optical design techniques; optical engineering computing; optical switches; piecewise linear techniques; rapid prototyping (industrial); simulation; software tools; tolerance analysis; Chatoyant tool; MOEMS; bar state operation; comb drive actuator; cross state operation; free-space switch; mechanical tolerancing; micromirror; modeling; optical MEM switches; piecewise linear technique; prototyping; simulation; system-level mixed-technology CAD tool; user defined parameters; Computational modeling; Design automation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber polarization; Optical refraction; Optical sensors; Optical switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical MEMS, 2000 IEEE/LEOS International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kauai, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6257-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OMEMS.2000.879620

Filename

879620